The Ottawa South United Force women are the last local side standing in the Ontario Cup soccer playdowns, which reach their conclusion next month at The Soccer Centre in Vaughan.

South United has one last step to take before the women's division's Sept. 11 championship match -- a semi-final this afternoon against the Oakville Storm. It's a 2 p.m. kickoff at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough.

The Vaughan Azzurri and St. Catharines Jets square off in the second semi-final later in the afternoon.

The Force advanced to today's play by edging the Scarborough Azzurri Admirals 2-1 in a quarter-final match earlier this month. The Ottawa Royals weren't as fortunate, falling to the Jets 4-3.

There will be a new Ontario Cup champion on the men's side. That's because the Ottawa Royals, who made it all the way to the Canadian final in P.E.I., were ousted in the quarter-finals by the Woodbridge Azzurri 2-1.

St. Anthony's was also sidelined by the same score against the Cambridge Supersonics.

Four other local teams also were halted in the Cup's quarter-final round. In boys' play, the Ottawa Internationals were outscored by Scarborough Olympic Flame Appollon 5-3 in Under-16 Tier I, while the Caledon Fireballs blanked the Kanata Lightning 5-0 in Under-15 Tier I.

In girls' action, two South United sides saw their road end in the quarter-finals -- Under-15 (4-0, to Mississauga Dixie Saints) and Under-14 (5-0, to London Supernova).

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